Eh, not really. Or rather, not *all* the time. Y’just gotta find what it is they care about or take super-seriously, and hit it really really hard.

Like say…if they’re serious about cleaning, or keeping clutter out…Land the bottom half of a large reclining chair, right in the middle of their living room.

If they’ve got a thing for control, swap their locker’s normal tiny padlock for a military lock; the sort of thing that they’ll end up breaking the locker door off before they manage to break the new padlock.

If their fancy is for respect in general…Find the system they believe in and act by….And break that system–Be better than them in every way, by working inside the system, in a way that for them is just “not how it’s done”, or “not valid”. And when they *do* get you caught out for your shenanigans, shake it off like it’s no big deal; as soon as you’re done doing your time, go right back to being the best.

Of course though, it always depends on *why* you’re doing it, as to whether you’re being a proper asshole. If you’re doing it purely for the sake of being an ass, that’s not a proper asshole.

Example: My brother trolls folks online–he holds indefensible positions, that he knows are incorrect, and debates it to death when people try to correct him on it. Somehow he thinks that’s funny. But there’s no real point in doing that–he’s just wasting his time, along with the time of anyone who wants to get into it with him.

So Sarah drew the original dick, the one we saw Joyce wipe off.
This prompted Mike, ever the artist, to become inspired. Why, if he could draw a single penis, maybe he could draw more. Spread them to every white board in the hall. And to make sure his gift was permeant, and unwipable.

Major massive hacker cred to the first person who manages to arrange some striking visual effect, in public, on so large a scale that no one realizes what it is, and for so long a time that it is picked up by the airplanes that do in-city “satellite” photos and appears on Google Maps.

Between 1950 and 1952, a bored weatherman, stationed north of Hudson Bay, left a monument that neither government nor time can eradicate. Using a bulldozer abandoned by the Air Force, he spent two years and great effort pushing boulders into a single word.

It can be seen from 10,000 feet, silhouetted against the snow. Government officials exchanged memos full of circumlocutions (no Latin equivalent exists) but failed to word an appropriation bill for the destruction of this cairn, that wouldn’t alert the press and embarrass both Parliament and Party.

It stands today, a monument to human spirit. If life exists on other planets, this may be the first message received from us.
— The Realist, November, 1964.

Well, here’s one and you don’t even need to leave Indiana. Just go to Google Maps and put in “Bendix Woods Park” and you will get this — a grove of pine trees planted over seventy-five years ago, stretching out over a length of a half-mile and spelling out the word “STUDEBAKER”, as this location (about ten miles west of South Bend) was at one time the site of the Studebaker Motor Company testing and proving grounds.

This was just a testing facility, not the manufacturing site — you know, where they’d take the cars and drive ’em to destruction to find out what broke and then try to improve on it. I believe the actual factory was in South Bend itself.

I totally want to see Amazi-Girl try and question Sarah now. I suspect it’ll involve AG trying to look intimidating and Sarah just staring silently for a few panels before recognising her as the girl who assaulted Joyce in the cafeteria.

You’re right, he’s probably smart enough to figure it out (not that anyone who knows Amber personally really has to be that smart to figure it out). Which raises the further question: will he use it against her? Or, more likely, how will he use it against her?

If Dina ever needed to conceal her identity, she wouldn’t need a mask. Just remove the raptor hat. People wouldn’t recognize her without it. That and her stealth abilities make her the perfect sidekick.

(other) Rachel: Roomie to Rachel, new to the DoA speaking cast.
Walkyverse counterpart: member of SEMME, squad mate of Agatha and Mike

Amazi-Girl: Basically batman with boobs.

Agatha: Roomie unknown, occasional background character.
Walkyverse counterpart: Former member of SEMME, squad mate of (other) Rachel and Mike. Basically a bizarro-world version of Robin

Dina: Rar

Joyce: puts the fun in fundie

Sierra: Dorothy’s roomie, very much a hippie. Hasn’t worn shoes in close to a decade. Has seen Walky naked.
Walkyverse counterpart: part of the hypersexed Squad 48. Probably living with Marcie nowadays.

Carla: DMAB Trans woman, major fan of the Ultra Car TV show. No roomie. Wears roller skates everywhere. Kind of a jerk.
Walkyverse Counterpart: Ultra Car, formerly a crimefighting robotic SUV who was kind of a jerk, now a robot girl who is also kind of a jerk.

Rachel: Roomie of (other) Rachel. Been a background character since the start, hasn’t had much speaking time though.
Walkyverse counterpart: hit it off with Joe and the two settled down together. Mother of Ultra Car

Just scribble over the lines with a non-permanent marker then erase them. Problem solved. Then again, maybe that only works for certain permanent markers… The other option is nailpolish remover. That works on everything!

It’s a good point, although I think AG was only trying to beat up Sal. She clocked Malaya only because Malaya charged her. But I was expecting Carla to bring it up. (PS: “earlier this week” = last night)

Carla’s lack of romantic interest in Mike’s gender is a theoretical obstacle to this hypothetical proposition. Carla’s lack of sexual interest in general would raise the bar significantly. The amount of medical technology needed to overcome certain presumed fertility issues, however, would completely skew the results of the experiment.

Carla’s not a lesbian robot in this continuity (not sure if Willis has established her sexuality in DoA ), and you don’t need to be attracted to someone to have sex with them and produce offspring (but it helps).